diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index da9efb040040..f528e5fbef82 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5149,7 +5149,7 @@ void kmem_cache_return_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfp,
 	 * simply flush and free it.
 	 */
 	if (!barn || data_race(barn->nr_full) >= MAX_FULL_SHEAVES ||
-	    refill_sheaf(s, sheaf, gfp)) {
+	    refill_sheaf(s, sheaf, gfp | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN)) {
 		sheaf_flush_unused(s, sheaf);
 		free_empty_sheaf(s, sheaf);
 		return;